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Posted April 13, 2013

Essential mods and add-ons to make the most of your System Shock 2 experience.

A couple of months ago a dream came true. We were finally able to add [url=http://www.gog.com/gamecard/system_shock_2]System Shock 2 to GOG.com catalog. For the first time in years everyone was able to get this excellent title and experience one of the most intense and involving stories ever told in a computer game, for as little as $9.99. The game quickly became one of GOG.com all-time bestsellers, proving that its legend was still alive, even after all those years of absence in the market. Even though virtually unobtainable, it was never forgotten, thanks to the amazing fan communities and modders this title gathered. Since the game's original release they have been keeping and archiving its lore, fine-polishing the occasional rough edge, and putting a tremendous amount of work into making System Shock 2 look, sound, and feel as good as possible. Let's take a look at the SS2 community and the mods they brought us!

Our version of System Shock 2 is--just as any other game in our offer--ready to install and play with no hassle, as soon as you download it. There are, however, many ways to enhance your experience with the game beyond its original form, using various mods. GOG.com user voodoo47 prepared an excellent comprehensive guide to recommended System Shock 2 mods and patches in our forums (thank you!). But since not all of our users tend to go as deep in the site, we thought it might be a good idea to bring this to everyone's attention. So, let's get started!

The first thing you want to do when going about modding System Shock 2 is to download and run the latest version of the , created by the talented programmer known as <span class="bold">Kolya</span>, who is also the man behind [url=http://www.systemshock.org]SystemShock.org, the amazing community that caters to virtually all possible SS2 needs and keeps the legend alive since the beginning of 2005 (yes, it's been 8 years of unbelievable fan dedication, already!). To assure proper functioning of the SS2Tool, make sure that your System Shock 2 installation path is no longer than 80 characters (as in: "c:gamessystem shock 2", which is fine with only 23 characters). Apart from that, it's plain and simple. You just download the tool, run it, and point it to the game's installation folder. Note that it will connect to the internet to download some additional data. When it's done--you'll be left with your game patched up with all the newest file versions and folder structure required by most mods to run properly, and updated with many small changes and fixes. From that, it should be all smooth sailing, when you install additional modifications.

What mods should you consider installing? Here are the most essential ones that voodoo47 mentions:

Four Hundred--another important texture pack. It makes the game's scenery look crisp and sharp by applying high-res textures to walls, floors, doors and whatnot, while remaining quite faithful to the original mood. //google docs mirror

Vurt's Space--for those of you who love stargazing. This mod applies nice high-res texture to the in-game windows, so you can admire the ominous beauty of the Tau Ceti system while looking through them. //google docs mirror

All of the above improve on the game's various aspects but don't affect the gameplay. If you don't mind to stray somewhat from the game's original feeling and concepts, there are also some mods allowing you to change such things as weapons, enemies, and AI behaviour:

All mods should be unpacked into the "DataPermMods" folder that you'll find in your SS2 installation folder after applying the SS2Tool. All the mods should be unpacked directly, not into their respective folders. This will cause some overwriting, but you can allow it safely, as long as you stick to the order of installation pointed out above. Use of modloaders and modmanagers of any sort is discouraged, as they don't really work well with the latest version of the game.

As you can imagine, these few mods are just a small (but comprehensive!) part of what the modding community cooked up for the game over the years. If you'd like to investigate other modding options, make sure to visit and (now slightly outdated) [url=http://www.sshock2.com/]SShock2.com sites, where you'll find virtually limitless amount of information and fan-generated content. GOG.com would also like to take this oportunity to thank people driving the SS2 community and keeping the legend alive through all those years. People like Kolya and his friends from SystemShock.org, as well as many users in our very own forums, are what makes PC gaming so remarkable. Thank you!

Oh, so you read through the whole thing? Impressive. You do have your copy of System Shock 2 already, now don't you? If not, why don't you grab it right now on GOG.com? It's only $9.99 for a gaming experience you'll remember forever!

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Just by glancing at it it seems to be pretty much the same way was Windows, but I didn't read it too thoroughly.

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Just by glancing at it it seems to be pretty much the same way was Windows, but I didn't read it too thoroughly.

Thanks! This seems rather helpful. I'll give it a try

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I've never seen a more complicated way of installing texture mods than SHTUP, specifically getting SS2 mod ready. I haven't finished it. I will not finish it. I would rather play it low res or won't play it at all. Fuck it! Baldur's Gate, Planescape Torment, Deus Ex, all of these were so much easier to mod. Fuck it! I won't play at all

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Dude... I know it's overwhelming to have to fight with a bunch of mods, especially when there's no convenient way to repeatably and easily install them without hassles or conflicts.... oh wait there is:

chriscamaro.hubpages.com/hub/System-Shock-2-Mods

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